Jas M. Sullivan and Ashraf M. Esmailrsquo;s African American Identity: Racial and Cultural Dimensions of the Black Experience is a collection which makes use of multiple perspectives across the social sciences to address complex issues of race and identity. The contributors tackle questions about what African American racial identity means; how we may go about quantifying it; what the factors are in shaping identity development; and what effects racial identity has on psychological; political; educational; and health-related behavior.African American Identity aims to continue the conversation; rather than provide a beginning or an end. It is an in-depth study which uses quantitative; qualitative; and mixed methods to explore the relationship between racial identity and psychological well-being; effects on parents and children; physical health; and related educational behavior. From these vantage points; Sullivan and Esmail provide a unique opportunity to further our understanding; extend our knowledge; and continue the debate.
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58 of 61 people found the following review helpful. InspirationalBy Judy CookI consider myself very fortunate to have taken Jane Dunnewolds Creative Strength Training online and to have studied with her in her Mastery Program. I recommend Creative Strength Training to artists of any medium. I want to share what an impact her book has had...My mother in law Jean; has always loved doing textiles. From weaving to quilts to beading to dyeing; to sewing. For as long as I have known her she has had creative ideas simmering in her mind. Over the last few years she has had to give up her textile work due to macular degeneration. She resigned herself to not being able to see well enough to continue and had shut down that creative part of her mind. Jean has been very interested in what Ive been studying with Jane. So I loaned her my copy of Creative Strength Training. She has been struggling to read it with her magnifying glass. She says Janes writing is stirring her creative juices. She says she cant do the work anymore but she can picture in her mind what she would do and she is enjoying that.Today she called me; she had been to visit the Lions low vision office. They set her up with a device that magnifies books so that people with low vision can read again. She said the first thing she did was to put Creative Strength Training in the device. Shes is so excited to read more easily and your book is the first on the list. Its really great to hear that spark in her voice again.50 of 53 people found the following review helpful. The material covered is great. I was so excited when it arrivedBy CustomerThe material covered is great. I was so excited when it arrived! Unfortunately they printed this book in a light SMALL font making it almost impossible to read. I have to use a magnifying glass to try and ready the text line by line. I have two other friends who also purchased the book at the same time. We are all 3 having difficulties reading the text. Its a shame really because I like her style of writing and have enjoyed what I have strained to read. I might swap this back for a kindle version where at least I can make the text larger. I hope enough people will complain and perhaps a second edition will come out to address this issue.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The idea behind the book is great ad is the message it conveys and artists pointsnof ...By Susie DonovanThe idea behind the book is great ad is the message it conveys and artists pointsnof viewm I like the idea of it being interactive as well in form of assignments in each chapter. That being said some of the assignments seemed either pointless or far reaching when trying to apply work to content. These assignment a were few most were helpful and id still recommend the book to any artist.
